Bed-side-rail packing-block for shipment of bed-rails



' (No Model.)

J. o. HANNETT. BIEDSIDE RAIL PACKING BLOCKS P03 SHIPMENT 0F BED RAILS. No. 267,882. B Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

WITNESSES: INYENTOR %@zi: BY

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

JOHN G. HANNETT, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BED-SIDE-RAIL PACKING-BLOCK FOR SHIPMENT OF BED-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 267,882, dated November 21, 1882,

Application filed April 21, 1882. (No, model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. HANNETT, of the city of Grand Rapids, county of Kent, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Packing the Side Rails ofBedsteads, the nature of which will more fully appearfrom the subjoined description and claim.

' Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a block, and Fig. 2 a perspective view of the bed side rails having the block attached thereto.

A represents the block, preferably in the form of a parallelopiped, having vertical grooves B fits into thegroove of the block A on the side opposite to the fang D. The grooves are a sufficient distance from each other to hold the inner sides of the rails about one-half inch apart. When the block is inserted between the fang and rib of the books it is attached to the rails by means of wire, brads, nails, or other device, which is inserted through perforations 0 c. j

I am aware that bed-rails have been held together by means of a piece of metal having bent edges, which are driven into the rail. I am also aware that packing-boxes :for extension-tables have been provided with grooves for holding the leaves of said table during transportation, and to these I make no claim; but

What I do claim is-- The combination, with bed-rails, provided with hooks having fang D and rib E,. of a holding-block overlapped by fang D and having grooves B B for ribs E, and holes 0 c for the securing device, all arranged substantially as described.

JOHN C. HANNETT. Witnesses:

JAMES E. MCBRIDE, DENNIS L. ROGERS. 

